Follow the River Movie Review 1995

It's 1775 and Mary Ingles (Lee) is living with her husband and family on a frontier farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The community is raided by the Shawnee, lead by Wildcat (Schweig), who take Mary and several other settlers miles away to their home camp. Once there, Mary befriends another captive, the older Gretl (Burstyn), proves her courage to the smitten Wildcat, and plots to escape and find her way home. Based on the 1981 novel by James Alexander Thom; filmed in North Carolina.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS
Running time 93 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Native America, Period Piece: 18th Century, Women, Kidnapped!, Great Escapes

Cast

Sheryl Lee, Eric Schweig, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Guinee, Renee O'Connor

Director

Martin Davidson